Bug#415972: marked as done (No xen kernel image for k7 anymore!)

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• Cc: pkg-xen-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
• Subject: No xen kernel image for k7 anymore!
• From: Ralph Passgang <ralph@debianbase.de>
• Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:56:39 +0100
• Message-id: <[🔎] 200703231556.39866.ralph@debianbase.de>

Package: linux-source-2.6
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11
Severity: important
Tag: etch

With 2.6.18-4 Debian switched from non-pae to pae-only xen kernels. This means 
that xen is not useable anymore for many users, which were able to use 
non-pae kernels without a problem for a long time till now.

In my opinion this is a critical issue, because it makes xen unusable for 
about maybe 10-30% of all setups. Users with cpu's or mainbios/bios 
combinations without pae support cannot use xen anymore, even every k7 user 
will not be able to use xen anymore. The pae enabled 686 xen image will crash 
on k7 boxes.

Dear debian-kernel-team, please rethink your position of pae-only xen kernels 
and reupload at least a working k7 kernel image again. Just having pae 
kernels in the archive is a very unwise decision. For me there is no 
technical reason for not shipping standard images without pae...

Thanks,
 Ralph

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• To: 415972-done@bugs.debian.org
• Subject: Re: Bug#415972: No xen kernel image for k7 anymore!
• From: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
• Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:57:46 +0100
• Message-id: <20070323165746.GA26726@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org>
• In-reply-to: <[🔎] 200703231556.39866.ralph@debianbase.de>
• References: <[🔎] 200703231556.39866.ralph@debianbase.de>

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 03:56:39PM +0100, Ralph Passgang wrote:
> With 2.6.18-4 Debian switched from non-pae to pae-only xen kernels. This means 
> that xen is not useable anymore for many users, which were able to use 
> non-pae kernels without a problem for a long time till now.

The other possible fix was to not ship them at all. No bug, closing.

> In my opinion this is a critical issue, because it makes xen unusable for 
> about maybe 10-30% of all setups. Users with cpu's or mainbios/bios 
> combinations without pae support cannot use xen anymore, even every k7 user 
> will not be able to use xen anymore. The pae enabled 686 xen image will crash 
> on k7 boxes.

No, it does not; proof by example.

> Dear debian-kernel-team, please rethink your position of pae-only xen kernels 
> and reupload at least a working k7 kernel image again. Just having pae 
> kernels in the archive is a very unwise decision. For me there is no 
> technical reason for not shipping standard images without pae...

You should read old bugs. There is a technical reason[1].

Bastian

[1]: #399113

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